Oregon seeks to penalize Intel $31,000 over failed pollution controls

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Intel's D1X factory at its Gordon Moore Park campus in Hillsboro (formerly Ronler Acres). Mike Rogoway/The Oregonian

Oregon regulators plan to levy a $31,000 penalty against Intel for turning off pollution-control equipment for more than two months at its Hillsboro manufacturing campus.

“The alleged violations posed a risk of harm to human health and the environment,” the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality wrote in a notice to the chipmaker Tuesday.

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